MANILA, Philippines -- Last week, the U.S. Embassy Manila’s Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Michael S. Klecheski joined U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Arun Kumar; Deputy Minister Yasuki Kaibori from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and Tourism; Minister for Economic...

KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE, Cambodia - U.S. and Cambodian forces wrapped up two weeks of bilateral training and relationship building, as they officially closed Angkor Sentinel 2016, with a ceremony and Royal Cambodian Army capability demonstration March 25 at the Training School for Multinational...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) pulled alongside the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200), March 24, and conducted underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea for the first time in more than 10 months, after completing a post-shakedown availability.UNREP...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Colombo for a port visit March 26.Blue Ridge will host a series of engagements with Sri Lankan counterparts, including crew serve weapons and damage control briefings, junior officer and...

WAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- Marines from the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal’s Office K-9 unit trained with Hiroshima Prefectural Police Headquarters policemen and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Repair and Supply Facility Petroleum Terminal military working dog handlers...

USS BONHOMME RICHARD -- Behind every operation a military unit conducts, there is a group of people that work behind the scenes to make everything happen. That group makes sure there are vehicles for transportation; water and food for the troops; medical treatment if needed; and ammunition for the...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - A 64-mile long, ten-mile wide island occupied by 1.4 million souls leaves zero margin for error with Japanese and U.S. aircraft in the event of an inflight emergency requiring immediate landing procedures. Naha Air Base and Kadena Air Base aircrews train together to...

EAST SEA (NNS) -- Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and Republic of Korea military forces wrapped up Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 (SY 16) March 18 while underway off the coast of ROK. Ssang Yong, or "twin dragons" in Korean, is a biennial amphibious-assault exercise conducted in the Indo-Asia...

KOMATSU, Japan -- Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 executed dissimilar air combat training and bilateral tactical mission training during the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, March 7-18, 2016.Komatsu ATR is a dissimilar air combat training...

Washington, DC - Friday, March 18, 2016, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel and Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear will lead the Sixth Annual U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) with the Government of the Philippines, led by Department of Foreign Affairs...